This week's stories: Paulette Jordan wins Democratic primary for Idaho governor; The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will no longer honor teams with racist mascots; New executive administrator announced at GLIFWC; The EPA appoints a Native American to its local government advisory committee; The Las Vegas Aces signed Shoni Schimmel.

KUMD 103.3 asked me to read my stories on the air. I’ve been writing them for over ten years and I was pretty excited when they asked me. I went in for a test read so the station could see how my voice would sound, how long each story would be and if this would even lend itself to being something worth doing.